Njeri Hunjeri Poet Lyric

Let's Break the Rules

Can we skip the part where we have to deal with elders?
          I like that 
Can we elope to a far away land, land distant from our fathers?
           I like that too

I love you, you love me 
I love your tribe, you love my tribe 

Please don't fear me because am a kikuyu woman 
I promise I won't do anything crazy
Ouch those painful news

I will try not to fear your tribe's culture
Thou those burial rituals put me on edge

I love you, you love me
I have questions, you have questions 

Are we going to be judged?
Will my mother sit me down for another one on one talk on which tribe I cannot marry into?
Sure, I will just agree with her, but my heart knows what it wants
Will I be shunned? some have gone through this for marrying into the "wrong" tribe

I love you, you love me
I want to be with you only, you want to marry me

Others have done it, and it worked perfectly fine
No different from other "normal marriages"

I think, love has no tribe

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Ronald A. Williams February 8, 2018 at 6:52 PM Nice from a cultural view point.

John Lawless June 28, 2015 at 7:25 AM Njeri, that last line sums up the entire poem....."love has no tribe"....the heart knows what the heart knows. Njeri Hunjeri July 21, 2015 at 6:18 PM very true the heart knows what the heart knows. thank u John. i appreciate the comment

Lindsay Laurie June 27, 2015 at 7:39 PM G'day njeri... so much like Romeo and Juliet. I guess its very hard for many of us to understand a culture that is different, but we all understand love - nice lyrics njeri - Lindsay Njeri Hunjeri June 28, 2015 at 12:59 AM That's true. Its hard for us to understand a culture that is different but the love language is the same. Thank u for the comment. I appreciate alot. Have a good sunday